This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/iopl/64: Properly context-switch IOPL on Xen PV
to the 4.5-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-iopl-64-properly-context-switch-iopl-on-xen-pv.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.5 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From b7a584598aea7ca73140cb87b40319944dd3393f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:14:21 -0700
Subject: x86/iopl/64: Properly context-switch IOPL on Xen PV
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit b7a584598aea7ca73140cb87b40319944dd3393f upstream.
On Xen PV, regs->flags doesn't reliably reflect IOPL and the
exit-to-userspace code doesn't change IOPL. We need to context
switch it manually.
I'm doing this without going through paravirt because this is
specific to Xen PV. After the dust settles, we can merge this with
the 32-bit code, tidy up the iopl syscall implementation, and remove
the set_iopl pvop entirely.
Fixes XSA-171.
Reviewewd-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/693c3bd7aeb4d3c27c92c622b7d0f554a458173c.1458162709.git.luto@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 12 ++++++++++++
arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h
@@ -62,4 +62,6 @@ void xen_arch_register_cpu(int num);
void xen_arch_unregister_cpu(int num);
#endif
+extern void xen_set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask);
+
#endif /* _ASM_X86_XEN_HYPERVISOR_H */
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
#include <asm/syscalls.h>
#include <asm/debugreg.h>
#include <asm/switch_to.h>
+#include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
asmlinkage extern void ret_from_fork(void);
@@ -411,6 +412,17 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p,
task_thread_info(prev_p)->flags & _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_PREV))
__switch_to_xtra(prev_p, next_p, tss);
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
+ /*
+ * On Xen PV, IOPL bits in pt_regs->flags have no effect, and
+ * current_pt_regs()->flags may not match the current task's
+ * intended IOPL. We need to switch it manually.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XENPV) &&
+ prev->iopl != next->iopl))
+ xen_set_iopl_mask(next->iopl);
+#endif
+
if (static_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS)) {
/*
* AMD CPUs have a misfeature: SYSRET sets the SS selector but
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ static void xen_load_sp0(struct tss_stru
tss->x86_tss.sp0 = thread->sp0;
}
-static void xen_set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask)
+void xen_set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask)
{
struct physdev_set_iopl set_iopl;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from luto@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.5/x86-iopl-64-properly-context-switch-iopl-on-xen-pv.patch
queue-4.5/x86-iopl-fix-iopl-capability-check-on-xen-pv.patch
queue-4.5/x86-entry-compat-keep-ts_compat-set-during-signal-delivery.patch
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